Building strong partnerships across Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and Dudley has helped our school nurses to take a lead, along with our Health Visiting colleagues, in delivering the Healthy Child Programme addressing key public health issues such as sexual health, …
Nurses play an important role in raising awareness about the benefits of immunisation. Despite current high immunisation uptake rates in infants and children, we are still seeing cases of and clusters of measles in teenagers and young adults. This is …
We hear a lot about resilience – described by some as ‘grit’, ‘determination’, ‘self-control’ and ‘character’. Most agree that it is the ability to resist adversity, and to bounce back from adversity when you feel you can’t avoid it – …
The 2016 focus for World Mental Health Day was ‘psychological and mental health first aid for all’ – a theme which lent itself really well to engaging lots of different communities with an important public health message. As the CEO …
Our health is both a cause and consequence of the conditions in which we grow, live, work and age. Influences on our health begin with our immediate families and communities, and extend to the wider built and social environment. ‘Jobs, …
During this week of week of action (#health5-19), we will be focussing on the key issues relating to the health and wellbeing of children and young people aged 5 to 19. This stage of the life course poses many challenges …
Children and young people are our future; we want to give them the best start in life. This starts in pregnancy and the early years and continues through supporting children and young people throughout their journey to adulthood. This week we …
I'm delighted to announce that in the coming month we will be putting on not one but two 'weeks of action.' Those of you who have followed or participated in our previous 'weeks' will know the format but for those …
Over a quarter of five year olds are suffering from tooth decay - alarmingly it is one of the most common reasons why five to nine year old children are admitted to hospital, and contributes to school absences. However, tooth …
It has well been established that physical activity in childhood has a strong positive relationship with reducing the onset of obesity and other chronic diseases in adulthood. However, until recently, little has been understood about the importance of physical activity …
